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darimi:1401Abū al-Walīd al-Ṭayālisī > Layth b. Saʿd > Bukayr > Ibn al-Ashaj > Nābil Ṣāḥib al-ʿAbāʾ > Ibn ʿUmar > Ṣuhayb

[Machine] I passed by the messenger of Allah ﷺ and greeted him while he was praying, and he responded to me with a gesture. Laith said, "I think he responded with his finger."  

الدارمي:١٤٠١أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ أَخْبَرَنِي بُكَيْرٌ هُوَ ابْنُ الْأَشَجِّ عَنْ نَابِلٍ صَاحِبِ الْعَبَاءِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ صُهَيْبٍ قَالَ

«مَرَرْتُ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي فَرَدَّ إِلَيَّ إِشَارَةً» قَالَ لَيْثٌ أَحْسَبُهُ قَالَ بِأُصْبُعِهِ  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
nasai:1186Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > al-Layth > Bukayr > Nābil Ṣāḥib al-ʿAbāʾ > Ibn ʿUmar

"I passed by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he was praying, and greeted him with Salam. He returned my greeting with a gesture, or maybe it was just with his finger."  

النسائي:١١٨٦أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ نَابِلٍ صَاحِبِ الْعَبَاءِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنْ صُهَيْبٍ صَاحِبِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَرَرْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَرَدَّ عَلَىَّ إِشَارَةً وَلاَ أَعْلَمُ إِلاَّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ بِإِصْبَعِهِ  

abudawud:925Yazīd b. Khālid b. Mawhab And Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > al-Layth > Bukayr > Nābil Ṣāḥib al-ʿAbāʾ > Ibn ʿUmar > Ṣuhayb

I passed by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ who was praying. I saluted him and he returned it by making a sign. The narrator said: I do not know but that he said: He made a sign with his finger. This is the version reported by Qutaybah.  

أبو داود:٩٢٥حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَوْهَبٍ وَقُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ أَنَّ اللَّيْثَ حَدَّثَهُمْ عَنْ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ نَابِلٍ صَاحِبِ الْعَبَاءِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ صُهَيْبٍ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ مَرَرْتُ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَرَدَّ إِشَارَةً قَالَ وَلاَ أَعْلَمُهُ إِلاَّ قَالَ إِشَارَةً بِأُصْبُعِهِ وَهَذَا لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ قُتَيْبَةَ  

tirmidhi:367Qutaybah > al-Layth b. Saʿd > Bukayr b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ashaj > Nābil Ṣāḥib al-ʿAbāʾ > Ibn ʿUmar > Ṣuhayb

"I passed by Messenger of Allah (S) while he was performing Salat, so I said greeted him with Salam, and he returned it by making signals." He said: "I do not know except that he said: 'He indicated with his finger.'"  

الترمذي:٣٦٧حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الأَشَجِّ عَنْ نَابِلٍ صَاحِبِ الْعَبَاءِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ صُهَيْبٍ قَالَ

مَرَرْتُ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَرَدَّ إِلَىَّ إِشَارَةً وَقَالَ لاَ أَعْلَمُ إِلاَّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِشَارَةً بِإِصْبَعِهِ قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ بِلاَلٍ وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَأَنَسٍ وَعَائِشَةَ  

ahmad:18931Ḥajjāj b. Muḥammad > Layth / Ibn Saʿd > Bakr / Ibn ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ashaj > Nābil Ṣāḥib al-ʿAbāʾ > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

"I passed by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he was praying, and greeted him with Salam. He returned my greeting with a gesture, or maybe it was just with his finger." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1186)   

أحمد:١٨٩٣١حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ قَالَ لَيْثٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَعْدٍ حَدَّثَنِي بَكْرٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْأَشَجِّ عَنْ نَابِلٍ صَاحِبِ الْعَبَاءِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنْ صُهَيْبٍ صَاحِبِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ مَرَرْتُ بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي فَسَلَّمْتُ فَرَدَّ إِلَيَّ إِشَارَةً وَقَالَ لَا أَعْلَمُ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِشَارَةً بِإِصْبَعِهِ  

ذِكْرُ مَا يَعْمَلُ الْمُصَلِّي فِي رَدِّ السَّلَامِ إِذَا سُلِّمَ عَلَيْهِ فِي ذَلِكَ الْوَقْتِ

ibnhibban:2259Ibn Qutaybah > Yazīd b. Mawhab > al-Layth > Bukayr b. al-Ashaj > Nābil Ṣāḥib al-ʿAbāʾ > Ibn ʿUmar > Ṣuhayb

"I passed by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he was praying, and greeted him with Salam. He returned my greeting with a gesture, or maybe it was just with his finger." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1186)   

ابن حبّان:٢٢٥٩أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ مَوْهَبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ الْأَشَجِّ عَنْ نَابِلٍ صَاحِبِ الْعَبَاءِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ صُهَيْبٍ قَالَ

«مَرَرْتُ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَرَدَّ عَلَيَّ إِشَارَةً » وَلَا أَعْلَمُ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ « بِإِصْبَعِهِ»  

tabarani:9783Muḥammad b. Muḥammad al-Tammār al-Baṣrī > Muḥammad b. al-Ṣalt Abū Yaʿlá al-Tawwazī > ʿAbdullāh b. Rajāʾ al-Makkī > Hishām b. Ḥassān > Muḥammad b. Sīrīn > Abū Hurayrah > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd ؓ

[Machine] I passed by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was praying, so I greeted him and he gestured towards me.  

الطبراني:٩٧٨٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ التَّمَّارُ الْبَصْرِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّلْتِ أَبُو يَعْلَى التَّوَّزِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ رَجَاءٍ الْمَكِّيُّ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ & عَنْهُ قَالَ

مَرَرْتُ بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَأَشَارَ إِلَيَّ  

عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ، عَنْ صُهَيْبٍ

tabarani:7293[Chain 1] Abū Yazīd al-Qarāṭīsī > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Ḥakam > al-Layth b. Saʿd [Chain 2] Abū al-Walīd al-Ṭayālisī > Layth b. Saʿd > Bukayr b. ʿAbdullāh > Nābil Ṣāḥib al-ʿAbāʾ > Ibn ʿUmar > Ṣuhayb > Marart Birasūl Allāh

[Machine] I passed by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was praying, so I greeted him and he responded to me with a gesture.  

الطبراني:٧٢٩٣حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَزِيدَ الْقَرَاطِيسِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَكَمِ ثنا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ ح وحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ الْكَشِّيُّ ثنا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ ثنا لَيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ حَدَّثَنِي بُكَيْرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ نَابِلٍ صَاحِبِ الْعَبَاءِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ صُهَيْبٍ قَالَ

«مَرَرْتُ بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَرَدَّ عَلَيَّ إِشَارَةً»  

bayhaqi:3400ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. ʿAbdān > Aḥmad b. ʿUbayd al-Ṣaffār > al-Asfāṭī / ʿAbbās b. al-Faḍl > Abū al-Walīd > Layth b. Saʿd > Bukayr b. ʿAbdullāh > Nābil Ṣāḥib al-ʿAbāʾ > Ibn ʿUmar > Ṣuhayb

[Machine] "I passed by the Messenger of Allah while he was praying, so I greeted him and he returned my greeting with a sign. Layth thought he pointed with his finger, and it has been narrated in this story with a chain of transmission that he gestured with his hand without a doubt."  

البيهقي:٣٤٠٠أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنَ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا الْأَسْفَاطِيُّ يَعْنِي عَبَّاسَ بْنَ الْفَضْلِ ثنا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ ثنا لَيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ حَدَّثَنِي بُكَيْرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ نَابِلٍ صَاحِبِ الْعَبَاءِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ صُهَيْبٍ قَالَ

مَرَرْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَرَدَّ إِلَيَّ إِشَارَةً قَالَ لَيْثٌ حَسِبْتُهُ قَالَ بِأُصْبُعِهِ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ فِي هَذِهِ الْقِصَّةِ بِإِسْنَادٍ فِيهِ إِرْسَالٌ أَنَّهُ أَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ بِلَا شَكٍّ  

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السيوطي:٣٧٧-٣b

"عَنْ صُهَيْب قَالَ: مَرَرْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ الله ﷺ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّى فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ، فَرَدَّ عَلَىَّ إِشَارَةً، قَالَ لَيْث: حَسَبْتُهُ قَالَ: بإصْبعَهِ".  

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